Adam Zagoria is a Basketball Insider who covers basketball at all levels. A contributor to The New York Times and SportsNet New York (SNY), he is also the author of two books and is an award-winning journalist and filmmaker. His articles have appeared in ESPN The Magazine, SLAM, Sheridan Hoops, Basketball Times and in newspapers nationwide. He also won an Emmy award for his work on the SNY mini-documentary on Syracuse guard Tyus Battle.
A veteran Ultimate Frisbee player, he has competed in numerous National and World Championships and, perhaps more importantly, his teams won the Westchester Summer League (WSL) championships in 2011 and 2013.
He lives in Manhattan with his wife and children.
MOUNT VERNON –– As Jabarie Hinds stood in the lobby of Mount Vernon High School Monday afternoon, he received a special request from school safety officer Debbie Thompson.
Thompson asked Hinds, the 6-foot, 170-pound West Virginia-bound point guard, to autograph her glossy new Mount Vernon basketball calendar.
“Jabarie’s the man,” Thompson said. “He’s a smart kid. He has an ambition. He knows what he wants and he’s going for it. That’s a great thing.”
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